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nbirn2103 I appreciate you sharing what you did...
The first part I can relate to in my own way too... cause when I go to El Salvador, my cousins tease me (but I know they are serious) and call me a"gringo" or an American, which I am but still, I feel like I should be able to claim Salvadorian if I wanted to because that's where my parentsand their parents are from... anyways then here in the States, although born in DC if I don't tell you, you probably just think I'm a Salvadorian...leaving me stuck, like... anyways, in the end I know who and what I am.
Also man about ya grandfather fighting for the US side even though he was really part of neither country at the time (far less from the US), that sucks andstill happens to some degree today! Many young latino, not US Citizens (just residents, bet some of yall didn't know that) join in hopes of being able toobtain a higher education and maybe even hoping the country will recognize their valient efforts and make them a citizen. Fighting for a country theyweren't even born in!
Like someone else said, it doesn't mean you have to go the extreme to stayed rooted (wearing clothing and so forth) but I think it's important to knowwhere you came from, how you got here, preserve a culture, a language, and so forth. Like I said earlier... sad that we knowmore about our dogs family tree then our own!
The first part I can relate to in my own way too... cause when I go to El Salvador, my cousins tease me (but I know they are serious) and call me a"gringo" or an American, which I am but still, I feel like I should be able to claim Salvadorian if I wanted to because that's where my parentsand their parents are from... anyways then here in the States, although born in DC if I don't tell you, you probably just think I'm a Salvadorian...leaving me stuck, like... anyways, in the end I know who and what I am.
Also man about ya grandfather fighting for the US side even though he was really part of neither country at the time (far less from the US), that sucks andstill happens to some degree today! Many young latino, not US Citizens (just residents, bet some of yall didn't know that) join in hopes of being able toobtain a higher education and maybe even hoping the country will recognize their valient efforts and make them a citizen. Fighting for a country theyweren't even born in!
Like someone else said, it doesn't mean you have to go the extreme to stayed rooted (wearing clothing and so forth) but I think it's important to knowwhere you came from, how you got here, preserve a culture, a language, and so forth. Like I said earlier... sad that we knowmore about our dogs family tree then our own!